This Is So Awkward

This episode will blow your mind. Dr. Yug Varma, microbiologist and entrepreneur, takes us on a journey through the wondrous microbiome of the skin, unmasking the causes of acne and offering up a completely new approach to treatment. Show Notes: Phyla Collection Production by Peoples Media  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Consent conversations can – and should – start early. So early that they begin around topics that have absolutely nothing to do with sex. Learn how to apply the lessons of consent to a bunch of different topics in kids’ lives and start getting comfortable with a conversation that will happen many different times in many different ways. Shownotes: Tea and Consent Video Cycling Through Consent Video...

Struggles with body image affects people of all genders and all ages. Psychologist and author Charlotte Markey talks us through all of it, debunking myths and offering guidance for building positive body image. Production by Peoples Media  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Judging ourselves, judging other parents, judging our partners and judging our kids… none of these feels good, and all clog lines of communication. But this is a really tough habit to kick. The first step is owning our judgment, so in this episode we share a bunch of our own parenting fails and then (try to) forgive ourselves.   Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras!   Produced by De...

Guiding kids through the adolescent years requires finding true north, a trusted point in the distance during the chaos. So we interviewed education consultants and co-authors of The Parent Compass to get guidance on how to support kids and get out of their way.   Shownotes: The Parent Compass Teenager Pro Tips on Instagram & Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras!   Produced by Dear...

We get lots of questions about young love – and lust. It’s an enormous topic incorporating everything from first relationships to hook ups; from crushes to being crushed. This episode explores how to open conversations with kids on all of these fronts while managing our own feelings and behavior on the sidelines.   Shownotes:   The Power of Melancholy on Raising Good Humans Podcast    Visit OOMLA ...

Spoiler alert: the only life hack for sleep deprivation is… more sleep! Lisa Lewis is the journalist who helped pass California’s new later school-start time law, all in an effort to prioritize teen sleep. This episode makes you look at sleep needs – for our kids and us, too – in a whole new light.     Shownotes:   Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras!   Produced by Dear Media Learn...

All about breast development: when they grow, why they can be painful or lumpy (or both), and how to manage this shifting landscape.   Shownotes:   The Puberty Podcast Episode with Dr. Louise Greenspan on Earlier Puberty   Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras!     Produced by Dear Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There’s a lot about the law that is assumed but never clearly discussed with kids. We cover a ton of it – from cell phone rights to the rules around how to act when you’re pulled over by the cops to legal details around sexual consent – in conversation with City of Los Angeles prosecutor Jonathan Cristall.    Shownotes: What They Don't Teach Teens book by Jonathan Cristall, Esq. What They Don’t Te...

Dr. Dolly Klock, a family medicine physician and the founder of Adolessons, has become a go-to resource on the evolving party scene. In this episode, she walks us through what’s accessible to kids today, how drugs and alcohol have changed, and what everyone needs to know about new risks.      Shownotes:  IG: @adolessonsLA FB: @adolessons Tw: @DollyKlockMD Linked In: @DollyKlockMD Adolessons CDC Yo...

Getting kids ready for summer outings, camps, and other adventures means more than just nametags and bug spray. This episode spans the various ways we prepare tweens and teens for all of the physical, emotional and logistical needs of the season.   Shownotes:   Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras!   Produced by Dear Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/a...

Tina Bryson provides a masterclass in the science of why it’s so important to show up for kids and how we can do it, even imperfectly.   Shownotes: Tina Bryson Website @tinapaynebryson The Power of Showing Up The New Adolescence The Sleep Deprived Teen   Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras!   Produced by Dear Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoice...

Everything from the clothes kids wear to their desire for makeup, piercings, tattoos, certain hairstyles and hair colors can generate stress, conflict, and drama at home. We explore why different generations see self-expression differently and how to communicate our way through it.   A transcript of today's episode is available below: Transcription of today's episode   Shownotes:   Visit OOMLA to...

Shafia Zaloom, author of Sex, Teens and Everything in Between, joins us for an eye-opening and reassuring conversation about teen sexuality, communication and vulnerability.    Shownotes:   Shafia Zaloom's Website Instagram Shafia Zaloom Making Caring Common "The Talk"   Dynamo Girl Puberty Workshop Registration   Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras!   Produced by Dear Media Learn...

There is an endless list of points of contention between adults and tweens + teens: curfew, allowance, screen time, piercings…and on and on. This episode explores how to come up with rules and limits on these issues while making them palatable to our kids, in other words, making our rules seem like their idea.   Shownotes:   Dynamo Girl Puberty Workshop Registration   Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfu...

The brilliant and hilarious Monica Corcoran Harel, writer and founder of Pretty Ripe, paints the picture of what her household looks like as her daughter experiences puberty and she enters perimenopause, or what she calls “puberty in reverse.”   Shownotes: Pretty Ripe Newsletter Pretty Ripe on IG Jen Gunter "Menopause Manifesto"   Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras!   Produced by...

Everything you ever wanted to know about when and where hair grows as kids’ bodies change, the social and emotional implications of sprouting on different parts of the body, and how to handle conversations about keeping vs. getting rid of all this new hair.   Shownotes:   Andrew Goldberg On The Puberty Podcast   Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras!   Produced by Dear Media Learn mo...

This special episode with Washington Post columnist Meghan Leahy and her daughter, Sophia Rasevic, walks through a family’s atypical puberty journey. Though Meghan is a parenting expert, in this episode she wears her “mom hat'' as she and Sophia share the experience of Sophia’s diagnosis with a condition that dramatically impacted her journey through puberty.   Show notes Meghan Leahy Instagram: @...

Part 3 of a 3-part series: What do kids need to know about sex and when? In this episode, we focus on conversations about sex with teens in high school and beyond. The continuation of this ongoing conversation about what they - and you - need to know about talking through these very personal topics.   Show Notes: Tea & Consent video Outspoken Education Planned Parenthood Sex Education Resources Am...

What do kids need to know about sex and when? This is the second in a 3-part series answering that question. In this episode, we focus on conversations with kids from 5th grade through the end of middle school, a time when most kids enter and progress through puberty and when they’re getting health/sex education classes in school.   Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras!   Produced b...

What do kids need to know about sex and when? This is the first in a 3-part series answering that question. In this episode, we focus on conversations with kids from Kindergarten through the start of middle school. We’ll help you build a foundation of anatomically correct vocabulary, consent, and privacy, offering age-appropriate and inclusive language.   Show Notes: Your Whole Body Book & Visit O...

Anxiety is a humongous topic of conversation these days, especially increasing rates among kids. Dr. Terri Bacow, author of Goodbye Anxiety, helps sort through what falls into this category, points to the best resources for help, and offers anxiety-management tools for kids and the adults who love them. A transcript of today's episode is available below: Transcription of today's episode   Show Not...

Sometimes, the very best advice comes from a person who’s just out the other end of an experience. Listen in as our interns give the inside scoop on what adolescents need to know and how that information is best delivered.    Show Notes:  The Puberty Portal & Visit OOMLA to shop thoughtfully designed (OOM)Bras!   Produced by Dear Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adc...

In honor of International Women’s Day, we are joined by Melissa Berton, co-founder of The Pad Project and Oscar winning producer of Period. End of Sentence. Barriers to safe menstruation exist across the US and around the world, caused by financial, cultural and hygienic constraints. This eye-opening episode provides a window into the challenge faced by so many.   Show Notes: The Pad Project Perio...

Jessica Yellin, award winning journalist and creator of #NewsNotNoise, talks about where to get the best news and how to use history to contextualize what we’re seeing in Ukraine at this moment. Her social media-based platform offers teens (and adults!) a view of the news that values fact over fear mongering.    Show Notes: Social:  IG: @jessicayellin Twitter: @jessicayellin TikTok: @newsnotnoise ...